My cruel fate

The sounds of ECG, the scent of a hospital room,the familiar feeling...I wonder how long have I been here.My name is Lizabeth, born with a weak heart I spent nearly most of my life within the walls of a hospital room,my parents who passed away several years ago spent all their fortune on treating me. The day they passed away was the saddest day in my life.

I wished a thousand times if I would be cured and be able to live a normal life without any worries of death and be loved by everyone just like how my parents loved me...And as though fate was mocking my foolish thinking my condition became more serious after just a month of my parents death and had to stay at the hospital cutting myself off from the outside world.

Fortunately Dr.Lee who was treating me became my guardian after my parents death.He spent most of his money on me for my recovery.And finally when the day of my fateful surgery was approaching he was met with a disaster. His brother-in-law who was a gambler had numerous debts and unable to pay them back he tried to sell his wife.

  But Dr. Lee who loved his sister paid back the debts of his brother-in-law and saved his sister from being sold.The cost of that was he came penniless and could not pay for my surgery.Everynight when the moon was high up in the night sky he would come to my room when I'm asleep and hold my hand and cry saying-"My dear, I'm very sorry! My sister was my only relative,she's very precious to me and I couldn't just watch her getting sold and mistreated, please forgive me..but don't worry I'll save you..I'll try to ask my co-workers and friends as much money as possible,you will finish your surgery successfully and live a normal life away from these hospital walls,so please just wait and don't give up".

Everytime I heard his hopeful words I wondered whether I would leave this hell and have a happy life. But things never work out as we wish. The day of my surgery arrived and Dr.Lee who was desperately trying to collect money for my surgery,failed.When I was taken to the operation theatre I could hear loud commotions. When I slightly opened my eye I could see Dr.Lee pleading to the doctor to perform my surgery and he would pay the money on a later date.

The stubborn doctor refused to perform my surgery after all of Dr. Lee's pleas. Heart broken, he came to me with a teary eye and said-"I'm sorry Liz,I'm useless, your parents entrusted you to Me and I couldn't even take care of you nor pay for your surgery".Looking at him crying I replied-"It's ok..I'm fine if I die...even if... I'm alive.. I wouldn't know what to do, my loved ones have already left me alone".

Dr.Lee who heard my words stuttered and started bawling his eyes out.And just when I was accepting my cruel fate of death..suddenly,a couple whom I've never seen before even after spending most of my time in the hospital appeared..both of them must have been in early forties, pale skin more like foreigners arrived and said-"We would like to pay for her surgery and her medical fees! ".

Dr.Lee who was startled at first quickly brought himself together and spoke to them and after a while left the room.Just as a few seconds passed after Dr.Lee and the couple left the room a nurse who was medium sized,dark complexion skin approached me and injected anaesthetics on me and started the preparations to take me to the operation theatre.

The couple and Dr.Lee spoke to each other on the way to the operation room, but I couldn't exactly interpret any of their words as the anaesthetics were starting to take effect on me.I thought to myself-'It's alright, maybe God pitied me and is allowing me to live a little longer...... 'but never did I know that this was the start of my new life.My vision became fainter and fainter as we reached the operation theatre and the surgery finally began.

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